Ovčarić Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Ovčarić Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 307 | 1:13,774 | 2,710 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
The alternate forms: Ovčarič (5), Ovcarić (3) & Ovcaric (23) are calculated separately.
Ovčarić Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ovčarić Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ovčarić is found most in Croatia. It may also occur as a variant: Ovčarič, Ovcarić or Ovcaric. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ovčarić? popularity and diffusion
Ovčarić is the 853,416th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ovčarić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Croatia, where it is carried by 307 people, or 1 in 13,774. In Croatia Ovčarić is most common in: Krapina-Zagorje County, where 56 percent are found, City of Zagreb, where 18 percent are found and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Croatia Ovčarić occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 3 percent are found and Kosovo, where 0 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ovčarić
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